Ironing-board.



PATENTED DEG. 17 1907.

No. 874,323. r

F. G. GHIGER. IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION IILED SEPT. 26, 1906.

mus/(role WITNESSES "ram/[rs FRANCIS CHAS. GEIGER, OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

IRON ENG-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application filed September 26. 1906. Serial No. 336.227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS CHAS. GEI- GER, a citizen of the United States, and residing at ,Parkersburg, in the county of Wood and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a s ecification, such as will enable those s lled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ironing boards, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which may be conveniently attached to a table or other support and which may be employed in ironing any kind or class of articles or garments, and which is particularly designed for use in ironing shirts, trousers and similarly formed garments, and also in ironing infants garments.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved ironing board. and showing. the same connected with a table; Fig. 2 a side view of the device as shown in Fig. 1, part of the construction being broken away and, Fig. 3 a plan view of a detail of the construction.

In the practice of my invention I provide a main oblong board a which is preferably tapered at one end'as shown in Fig. 1, and secured transversely of the bottom of the op posite end is a plate I), this connection being made inany desired manner.

Mounted transversely of the bottom of the plate 6 and longitudinally of the board a by means of a bolt 0 passing vertically through said parts is a clamp member d provided centrally with a downwardly directed cam hub (1 and mounted below said cam hub d on the bolt 0 is a cam block e provided with a projecting handle member 6 and the part d provided with the cam hub d and the block 6 having the handle e form a clamp which operates in connection with the end a of the board a to secure the device to a table f or other support, and passed loosely through the right hand end portion of the clamp portion (1 and into the plate or board I) is a screw d on which the clam member (1 is free to move within certain limits and which serves to hold the clamp member (1 in operative position when not in use.

Connected with the clamp end of the plate 6 by means of a hinge g is an arm h having a longitudinal slot 7L2 at the opposite sides of which are recesses h and hinged to the bottom of the free end portion of the board a centrally thereof is a supplemental arm '11 the free end of which is reduced at i so as to pass through the slot h in the arm h, and the supplemental arm 41 is provided at the opposite sides of the reduced portion with teeth 11 which are adapted to enter the recesses h in 'the arm h, and by means of this construction the free end of the board a may be su ported as shown in Fig. 2, the arms h and i Forming braces for this purpose.

The board a is intended for use in ironing lar e articles of any kind or class and particular y in ironing shirts, trousers, drawers and similar articles, and in practice I provide a supplemental device particularly designed for use in ironing small articles and especially infants or childrens garments, and also in ironing the sleeves of shirts and other garments. This supplemental device oomprises a board provided at one end with a andle j and said board 1' is preferably tapered at one end and provided at the opposite end with a support com rising a plate 7c connected with the board 9' y standards k and the plate is is provided with a longitudinal slot k adapted to receive a bolt is which is passed vertically throu h the board a and through the plate I), said plate being rovided with holes 6 for this pur vose and t e board a with corresponding ho es (1 one of which is shown in full and the other in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and by means of this construction the supplemental ironin device or board j may be connected with t e board a at either side thereof, and in Fig. 1 of the drawing it is connected with the front or near edge portion of the board a.

The bolt k is provided at its lower end with a nut k and in order' to connect the sup lemental ironing device with said bolt the p ate 7c is moved so as to cause the headed end of the bolt k to enter the slot k after which the bolt k can be tightened so as to securely hold the supplemental ironing device, and said supplemental ironing device when thus connected with the board a may be turned into any desired position, said supplemental ironing device being shown by means of full and dotted: lines in Fig. 1 in two different positions.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An ironing board provided adjacent to one end with a plate which is secured to the bottom thereof and beyond which said end of the board projects to form a stationary aw of a clamp a bolt passing through said oard and through said plate, a movable clamp jaw mounted on the lower end of said bolt and a cam block mounted on said bolt below said clamp jaw and provided with a handle and adapted to force said movable 15 clamp jaw upwardly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 19 day of September 1906.

FRANCIS CHAS. GEIGER.

Witnesses:

GEO. CAsE, N. PORTER. 

